House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Representation Fairness Restoration Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2629.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 90, May 24, 2017, Page H4570):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2629, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2629
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99b302d8bce597133db7f26b1b800eef59a3949a8704b3ec156f1e36eff751cc
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Tom Cole (R-OK), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jody Hice (R-GA), Jason Lewis (R-MN), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Francis Rooney.
- H.J.Res. 67 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political…
- H.R. 6622 (115th) To designate the Federal building located at 2110 First Street in Fort Myers, Florida, as the "George W. Whitehurst Federal Building and…
- H.R. 4327 (115th) Current Employee Representation Act
- H.R. 4770 (115th) Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018
- H.R. 2515 (115th) Travel Agent Retail Fairness Act
- H.R. 4850 (115th) Asylum Protection Act of 2018
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.